Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-04-20
NATURES HIGHWAY.
DoInKs of Boats and Boatmen along Il
Ohio.

Ohio.
The marks on the landing last evening
indicated IL feet and rising.
Pilot VIM Gordon, formerly Of the c.
w. Bachelor, goes on the towboat
Beaver.
Com. KOuntz means business in placing
the Gen. Rucker in the Pittsburg and st.
Louis trade Commercial Gazette.
The Gen. Meade is hard aground in the
Missouri river, near St. Charles, with but
little prospect of getting of until there is
rise.
The Kanawha coal barges SINK at Man
chester some time ago, have never been re-
moved out of the way and pilots should be
on the lookout for the same.
River men filed no objection TO the build
ing of bridge across the Kanawha ut PIT.
Pleasant by the Ohio River railroad. Work
on the bridge will he commenced at once.
The Raymond HOrDer got in on Satur-
day from New Orleans with a tow of emp
ties. The Alice Brown was due last even
ing. The John A. Wood and Harry Brown
should arrive within the next day or two.
Com. Gdzette.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Buchanan ia still in
charge of the office of the Benton McMillin,
Ira Huntington, the regular clerk, being at
home on the sick list. 1t is suspicioned
that Ira il playing of in order to put in O
few days at home with his wife and babies.
A new boat is to be built the coming
summer for the trade between Memphis
and the mouth of the White river, TO run
on opposite DAYS 10 the Kate Adams, by
Major John ID. Adams. She will be a
smaller boat than the Adams, and design
to run fast and handle quick.
Marks from above-PittsbuFg, ~ feet
and rising; Oil City, feet Z inches and
falling; Parker, feet 6 inches and falling;
Brownsville, 10 feet 10 inches and falling,
Greensboro, 10 feet 6 inches and falling;
Morgantown, . feet 6 inches and at stand;
Rice's Landing, 8 feet inches aud falling;
Lock No. 4, II feet 8 inches and rising.
The prospect of O cOalhost rise brought a
large number of towboatmen who live az
different points along the river to town
yesterday, and the indications at the pres
ent writing are that they will not be dis
appointed in getting what they came after
"a trip. 1t is expected that every tow
boat able 10 turn wheel will get away
with tow to-day or to-morrow-on the
present water at all events, - Commercial
Gazette.
The New York Coal Trade Journal has
this 10 say OF the Davis Island dam: The
coal men here have been enjoying an exper-
fence which they did not bargain for when
the Davis Island dam was built. Those
who opposed that dam are Jaw loud in
their expressions, u told you So" and arc
not in particularly loving mood toward
Uncle Sam. The dan, which rs Is well
known is movable, has been laying at the
bottom OF the river since November, and
the grooves and chains are covered with
sand and gravel. To lift the dam wings
at any time is big job, but with the de-
pOsits on them il ia almost an impossible
ity. To add TO the veXatioD, Congress re-
fused TO appropriate money TO carry on the
workings of the dam, and the coal men,
out Of their own pockets, have been pay ing
the sgpenses. they would not grumble
much, perhaps, if they could get the
"blamed thing" up, TO use the expression
OF one Of them, but this they have not sue
ceeded in doing up to this writing. The
water is low in the river, and there are 10, !
600, 900 or IL, OOO, 900 bushels of coal ready
for shipment. II is most in the pools and
cannot be gotten into the harbor until til
dam is up. Ofeourse if it was in the hal
Dor the boats aud fats could be made InI
neets ready tpr shipment the Iasment
get a rise. When this big shipmet
which is growing daily, reaches The Low
markets il will NOT have any heneGcisl
sHlts thers.